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Warm-up: September 6, 2013

Warm-up: September 6, 2013. Name one author/text that represents each of the following types of English: Old English Middle English Modern English (Old and New ) Name and explain at least two factors that influenced the development of the English language .

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Warm-up: September 6, 2013

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  1. Warm-up: September 6, 2013 • Name one author/text that represents each of the following types of English: • Old English • Middle English • Modern English (Old and New) • Name and explain at least two factors that influenced the development of the English language. • What is the difference between direct and indirect characterization?

  2. Geoffrey Chaucer & The Canterbury Tales Introduction

  3. What makes a good story-teller?

  4. Chaucer • Born around 1342 AD (exact date not known) • London • Got job as page in the royal household • Only a teenager • Father was middle class wine merchant; had connections • Well-educated • Promoted; got to travel • Worked a lot but also wrote a lot • C. Tales is his masterpiece • 1st major work in English • Portrayed people of all social standings

  5. Canterbury tales • Frame Narrative • Several small stories in a larger one • Used many stories he had heard before • Stories told and retold • Focus was on storyteller’s skill • Used everyday people • Didn’t just write about heroes or royalty. • Characters from all stations in society: • From Feudal System • Knight, Squire, Franklin, Plowman, Miller, Reeve • In Religious Life • Nun, Monk, Friar, Cleric, Parson, Summoner, Pardoner • In rising middle class • Merchant, Sergeant at the Law, Five Tradesmen, Cook, Skipper

  6. Time and place • 14th century • Pilgrimage to Canterbury • Journey had been made for 200 years. • Worship the shrine of St. Thomas Becket. • 200 year anniversary of his death. • Pilgrimage for several reasons. • Religious devotion, pray for miracles, adventure, change of scenery. • Pilgrims banded together. • Safety (robbers and roads) • Chaucer died before completing C. Tales. • Not sure the exact order.

  7. Travel • Today a two-hour drive. • Then, several days.

  8. Key Terms • Rhyme: pattern of rhymes between lines of a poem or song. • Meter: recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in lines of a set length. • Iambic Pentameter: 5 unstressed, 5 stressed

  9. It happened in that season that one day20   In Southwark, at The Tabard, as I lay       Ready to go on pilgrimage and start       For Canterbury, most devout at heart,

  10. Character Assignments • The Knight • The Nun (Prioress) • The Monk • The Friar • The Franklin • The Doctor (Physician) • The Wife of Bath • The Parson • The Summoner • The Pardoner

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